tangential point

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• Tangential quadrilateral — An example of a tangential quadrilateral In Euclidean geometry, a tangential quadrilateral or circumscribed quadrilateral is a convex quadrilateral whose sides all lie tangent to a single circle inscribed within the quadrilateral. This circle is… …   Wikipedia

• Tangential and normal components — Illustration of tangential and normal components of a vector to a surface. In mathematics, given a vector at a point on a curve, that vector can be decomposed uniquely as a sum of two vectors, one tangent to the curve, called the tangential… …   Wikipedia

• Tangential angle — In geometry, the tangential angle of a curve in the Cartesian plane, at a specific point, is the angle between the tangent line to the curve at the given point and the x axis. More specifically, if a curve is given parametrically by (x(t), y(t))… …   Wikipedia

• tangential — [[t]tænʤe̱nʃ(ə)l[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If you describe something as tangential, you mean that it has only a slight or indirect connection with the thing you are concerned with, and is therefore not worth considering seriously. [FORMAL] Too much time …   English dictionary

• tangential — adjective Date: 1630 1. of, relating to, or of the nature of a tangent 2. acting along or lying in a tangent < tangential forces > 3. a. divergent, digressive b. touching lightly ; incidental, peripheral < tangential …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• tangential — tan·gen·tial || tæn dÊ’enʃl adj. touching at a single point (Geometry); irrelevant, divergent …   English contemporary dictionary

• tangential — adj 1. touching, contiguous, contactual, tangental. See tangent. 2. slightly connected or related, just or barely touching, just or barely grazing, lambent. 3. off on or at a tangent, divergent, diverging, digressive, discursive; rambling,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• Whitehead's point-free geometry — In mathematics, point free geometry is a geometry whose primitive ontological notion is region rather than point. Two axiomatic systems are set out below, one grounded in mereology, the other in mereotopology and known as connection theory… …   Wikipedia

• beside the point — IRRELEVANT, immaterial, unimportant, neither here nor there, inconsequential, incidental, out of place, unconnected, peripheral, tangential, extraneous. → point * * * beside the point phrase not relevant or important to the subject you are… …   Useful english dictionary

• way point, waypoint — i. A specified geographical location used to define an area navigation route or the flight path of an aircraft employing area navigation. Waypoints are defined as either: Fly by waypoint A fly by waypoint which requires turn anticipation to allow …   Aviation dictionary

• beside the point — See point I 1. 1) those accusations are beside the point Syn: irrelevant, immaterial, unimportant, neither here nor there, inconsequential, incidental, out of place, unconnected, peripheral, tangential, extraneous …   Thesaurus of popular words